Talk Talk Charging for Old email accounts

hollie.weimeraner

Not sure if this has been posted but anyone with an old email account and no longer with talk talk will be charged or removed. I use an old Lineone account occasionally so will be moving the contacts

https://www.simplyswitch.com/talktalk-charge-former-customers-50-year-email/

PRAISETHESUN

I recall reading something similar to this on a thread the other day, I'll link the thread if I can find it. But in a nutshell it'll cost your ISP money to host an email server, so they are entitled to charge for it, particularly if you are not otherwise a customer with them anymore. I'd take this an an opportunity to move across to a web-based email service such as gmail or outlook. Make sure to move any account logins that use that address to your new one, as well as downloading any emails that you need to keep.

jbainbridge

Using an ISP email account makes no sense at all ... just makes it more difficult for you to switch ISP.

I always advise people to setup a gmail or outlook.com account.

JJ_Egan

Its very old news and has a thread.
As above if your ISP supplies free email you do not own the email address .

hollie.weimeraner

PRAISETHESUN wrote: »

But in a nutshell it'll cost your ISP money to host an email server, so they are entitled to charge for it, particularly if you are not otherwise a customer with them anymore.

I understand that and it's not a complaint. It's just about informing people that it's happening. I just had a few old registrations attached to my lineone email account that I had never bothered moving.